[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c14.13 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c14.13 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c14.13 - **Language:** English ### [c14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.13) A certain amount of foreign help may have given an impetus to the science in India. But the loan was thoroughly Hinduized. According to Whitney,³ the Indians assimilated the Greek astronomy by (1) The substitution of sines for chords, and (2) The general substitution of an arithmetical for a geometrical form. - [Previous: c14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.12) - [Next: c14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.14) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c14.13) · Pramāṇa